Platform Independence

Kind: principle

Layer: Resource Core

Record: architecture:platform-independence

Severity: contextual

Scope: application, runtime

Canonical: Ontology

A design rule that portable layers reach the operating system and vendor services only through abstractions.

Listed in Architecture principles, after Portability and before Environment Parity.

Requires

• Platform Abstraction

Reinforces

• Portability

Enables

• Cross-Platform Deployment

Conflicts with

• OS/Vendor Lock-In

In tension with

• Native Optimization

Tensions

• Platform Independence / Native Optimization

Violated by

• OS/Vendor Lock-In

Refactored by

• Introduce Port
• Canonicalization

Severity

• contextual

Category

• Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment

Enforced by

• rules/eslint/strings-harness-neutral.eslint.rule.ts
• runtime/entrypoints/coordination.entrypoint.ts

Linked from

• The behavior document
• The drop-in
• Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment
• Codebase / System Architecture Styles
• Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment
• Severity levels
• The resolutions